Bucket-closure.



J. STRANGE.

BUCKET CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-3| i915.

1,992,,UY Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

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BUCKET CLOSURE.

APPLICATION man AUG-3. 1915.

' Patented Apr. 10,1917.

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BUCKET-CLOSURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

Application filed August 3, 1915. Serial No. 43,363.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, JOHN STRANGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Neenah, in the county of Winnebago and State of WVisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bucket-Closures, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to paper pails or buckets, and particularly to themeans for protecting and sealing'the cover upon receptacles of likecharacter.

The object of my invention is to provide a sealing device and protectorfor the edge of the cover for a wooden or paper pail, bucket orreceptacle of like character, whereby the edge will not become broken ordamaged in transit, and the sealing wires support the edge protector onthe cover.

Furthermore, the object of my invention is to provide means for securingthe cover upon a bucket or receptacle in such a manner as to prevent thesame from being re moved without destroying the seal and the contents ofthe receptacle interfered with, and the replacing of the cover so thatit would be impossible to determine whether the seal had been releasedand any portion of the contents taken out of the bucket or ail.

With the above and other objects in view,

my invention consists in'the details and arrangement of the fasteningmeans and protector as hereinafter more fully described and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the description of my invention references will be had to theaccompanying draw ing, forming a part of this specification, whereinlike reference characters denote corresponding parts in the severalviews, and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a paper or wooden cylindrical shapedreceptacle.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the cross wires.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view. of a bucket or pail, showing the securingwires.

Fig. 4 is a plan view, showing the securing wires in a locked position,and also the effect of the wire when bent so as to release the same fromthe hook of the pail.

In the drawings 1 indicates the body portion of a pail, bucket orreceptacle of similar character, which may be made of paper, wood,fiberoid, or similar material, but preferably of paper. The body portionis provided near the lower edge with agroove,

2, in which seats the outer edge of a bottom, 3. An inner strengtheningband, 4, is secured to the body portion on the inner surface against theouter edge surface of the bottom. A strengthening band, 4, is secured tothe body portion by any suitable adhesive means. A strengthening hoop,5, is secured to the upper edge of the body on the outer surface andabutting against the lower edge of the strengthening hoop, 5, I secure awire hoop, 6. Below and against the lower edge of the wire, 6, I securea hoop, 7. By such construction the wire hoop, 6, is retained betweenthe two strengthening bands, thereby preventing its accidentaldisplacement. The wire hoop, 6, is provided with suitable ears or loopportions, 8 and 9, forming eyes located upon opposite sides, and towhich a bail, 10, is secured. The wire hoop, 6, being also provided withbent portions, 11, which receive the ends of the securing wires, 1212. Acover, 14, provided with an annular shoulder, 15, and having an annularextension, 16, is secured upon the body by the securing wires, 12, inthe manner hereinafter described. The sealing wires, 12, are providedwith notches, 13. The notches permit the ends of the wires to be easilybent around the wire hoop, 6, in the form shown in Fig. 4. The notchesin the wire are one of the important features of my invention,

as they not only permit of the wire being bent easily around the hoop,but when it is desired to remove the securing wire, or when any attemptis made to release them, the notches cause the ends of the wires tobreak away, thereby destroying the seal. If the securing means beinterfered with during the shipping of the pail from one place toanother, or in any Way, it will be seen that the end of the wire will bebroken OE and the wire cannot be again secured in place to form theseal, thus indicating whether the contents of the receptacle have beentampered with while being transferred or shipped from one city toanother. An annular angle shaped band, 17, seats upon the outer edge ofthe cover, 14, one edge of the band extending downward along the outersurface of the body portion of the pail. The other edge forms aprotector for the edge of the cover and supports the sealing wires. Theband also prevents injury to the edge of the cover or pail, and is heldfirmly in place by the wires, 12. V

The ordinary use of pails or receptacles ios out any indications thatthe pail had been interfered with, and this fact not being Withoutdeparting from the known until after the receiver had receipted for thesame. My improved manner of securing the cover will indicate at once tothe receiver whether the cover has been removed during thetransportation of the same from the factory to its destination.

, It is believed that the above description of 7 1 my invention can'befully understood, it being noted that various changesmay be made in theproportion and details'of construction scope of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a closure for buckets, a cover provided with an annular shoulderon its inner surface, adapted to fit within the body of the pail, andhaving an extension extend- 5 having bent portions secured on the bodyingv over the upper edge of the body ofthe pail, an angular shapedannular rim seated on the top of said'cover, a wire hoop provided withbent portions secured on the body portion of the pail adjacent its upperedge, a plurality of wires extending across said cover and havingvtheirends secured in said bent portions of the hoop, substan-' tially asdescribed.

2. In a bucket 'closure, a cover, a hoop portion of the bucket, aplurality of wires extending across the cover, their ends insertedthrough the bent por- Copies of this patent may be obtained for fivecents each, by addressing the and having" tions in the hoop and bentupon said hoop, said wires being provided with a plurality of notchesadapted to permit said wires to bend over said hoop, and cause thebreaking off of the ends when said Wires are released from the hoop.

3. In a bucket or pail of the character described, a wire hoop suitablysecured upon said bucket at its upper edge, means for retaining saidhoop on the pail, said hoop being provided with bent portions, a coveradapted to fit over the body portion of the bucket, an angular shapedmetal annular ring, seated on the outer edge of said cover, a pluralityof cross wires extending across the cover and having their ends insertedthrough the bent portions in the hoop, said end portions of the Wiresbeing provided with a plurality of notches adapted to permit of theirbending around the hoop, and cause the severing of the ends of the Wireswhen released from the hoop, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a bucket or pail sealing device of the character described, thecombination of an angular shaped band adapted to seat upon the edge of abucket cover, sealing wires having a plurality of notches formed neartheir ends, a wire hoop having bent portions adapted to receive andretain the ends of the wires, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN STRANGE.

Witnesses:

C. A. HEOKRODT, H. E. LANDGRAF.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

